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As a result, diseases that can easily be avoided with a shot are now reappearing in many nations throughout the

Today, parents are not vaccinating their children for a number of reasons, whether it is religious beliefs, it is not natural, and some parents are even trying to link vaccinations to the rise in autism. This however has been proven false and stated in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The increase in vaccinations and the increase in children with autism happened at the same time, which leads some parents to believe that is why their child was diagnosed with autism, but this is correlation not causation. There is no real scientific test to diagnose autism and it is based off of the child’s social and communication skills and their behavior. A retrospective study was done from 1980 to 1994 where scientist recorded the amount of children receiving the measles vaccination and the amount of children diagnosed with autism. Over this time span, there was only a 10% increase in the amount of children receiving the MMR vaccine and 572% increase in children with autism. If the MMR vaccine was the cause of autism, then they should have increased at the same rate and therefore concluding that autism is caused by other unknown factors.

Over many years there have been parents that are very resistant to giving their children vaccines for the most complex to simplest diseases. Getting your children vaccinated could potentially save your child’s life and wipe out the disease for good. All children should be vaccinated when they are old enough to get the medication because if they do not get vaccinated it could put their health and others’ at risk. The disease-prevention benefits of getting vaccines are much greater than the possible side effects for almost all children.

One highlighted disease that is preventable is influenza. “In the united states alone the range between 5 % to 20 % of the population will be infected by influenza. Influenza will mainly infect preschool and school aged children” (Piedra, Pedro A). Some might say “How does that affect my child, my genes are very strong and so will my baby.”(AsapSCIENCE). Although ones genes may be strong, vaccines are the reason why they are not infected by

The various diseases for the cure for vaccinations are vastly differentiated. Many of the diseases have proven to be mild and in most cases deemed harmless, except in situational cases. It is difficult to substantiate taking the risk with any vaccinations when the risks are minimized. Alternatively some of these diseases today are just about extinct or declared rare by researchers. If your children are at a risk to being exposed to any of these diseases the chances are possibly 0%, that a vaccine can offer any additional protections. (Belkin 1999)

In today’s society, the parents have a right to refuse or discontinue treatment. However, when parental decisions are not in the best interest of the child and potentially dangerous to the child’s health, health care practitioners have a responsibility to advocate for the child and challenge those decisions, as is the case with vaccinations.

Thesis Statement: Today, the choice on whether to vaccinate children or not is a thriving topic that many parents are starting to look deeper into. Ultimately, the sole purpose of vaccinations are to promote immunity. When parents decide not to vaccinate they are not only putting their child at risk for contracting diseases, but other children as well. Claim: When parents decide not to vaccinate they are not only putting their child at risk for contracting diseases, but other children as well.

The autism scare started 17 years ago, in the year 1998, when a paper was published in the British medical journal called The Lancet. Andrew Wakefield, M.D., a British gastroenterologist, and his colleagues were the authors of this paper which started the scare of immunizations causing autism. "Wakefield had a case study of eight children who had received the MMR and then developed symptoms of autism, says Paul Offit, M.D., chief of infectious diseases at the Children 's Hospital of Philadelphia. He also believed they had abnormal intestinal tracts and proposed a syndrome -- linking intestinal inflammation from receiving the MMR with the development of autism.” (Rope)

In the last century, vaccinations have become the single most leading achievement in public health because these vaccines have saved millions of lives as well as prevented illness and lifelong disability. These childhood diseases that once resulted in hospitalization, death or lifelong consequences only a few decades ago have now become preventable. If we do not vaccinate against diseases such as RV, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Influenza, Measles, Mumps, and Rubella there could be serious outbreaks. It is my belief that as parents, the goal is to give children a healthy start in life and one of the most important decisions that can be made is to get your child vaccinated, especially since there are no effective alternatives to immunization.

If you were that parent, then would you decide to allow your child to get vaccinated? Why would one think that vaccinations, a thing that has protected children of all ages from diseases since the 18th century would be considered bad? There are so many vaccinations given at one time, it could possibly weaken a child’s immune system. All those vaccines at once will not hurt your child, better yet; it strengthens your child’s immune system from the many diseases that are out in the world. Actually, infant’s immune systems are a lot stronger than people think. It has been said that vaccinations could give a child autism. There has been plenty of research to

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Immunizations play an essential role in every parent’s life; most parents decide to vaccinate their children without doubts, while others struggle with whether or not the positive outcomes outweigh the negative side effects. In the past decade the percentage of parents refusing immunizations for their children has grown quite substantially due to growing religious exemptions, as well as the negative and controversial claims regarding a link between autism, and type 1 diabetes. As the number of unimmunized children grows, so does the amount of outbreaks of diseases traditionally suppressed by the use of vaccinations. Is this a coincidence or is there a direct correlation? In this paper I will examine the growing trend of forgoing immunizations; why it has seen such an increase and what problems it is causing. I will also discuss the major repercussions that this

Vaccinations have been around for years and recently they have been a big topic of conversation. The big decision that parents are dealing with now is, is it healthy and should they vaccinate their young children or not. Some diseases have become so common over the years that choosing not to get vaccinated is a risk to natural infection, which is a form of immunity against the diseases (Merino-2). It is not believed that any of the vaccines offered are absolutely harmless to your immune system, however, vaccinations are recommended to protect people from diseases and to help prevent having outbreaks within the society.

There are many reasons why parents should and should not vaccinate, however, and the “why’s” far outweigh the “why not’s”. A few reasons why include that it saves lives and it can reduce the spread of the disease, or eliminate it altogether. However, some unfortunate happenings of vaccination, is the miniscule chance that the vaccine doesn’t work, or has devastating side effects, such as anaphylactic shock.

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